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Henry Boyle Bernard (6 February 1812 – 14 March 1895) was an

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politician from

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who sat in the

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from 1863 to 1868. Bernard was the third son of

James Bernard, 2nd Earl of Bandon James Bernard, 2nd Earl of Bandon (14 June 1785 – 31 October 1856) was an Irish Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in three periods between 1806 and 1831 ...

(1785–1856) and his wife Mary Susan Albinia Brodrick. Bernard was elected at a by-election in February 1863 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bandon, filling the vacancy caused by the death of his uncle

William Smyth Bernard The Honourable William Smyth Bernard (13 September 1792 – 6 February 1863) was an Irish Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1832 and 1863. Bernard was the son of Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Ban ...

(a son of the 1st Earl of Bandon). He was re-elected in

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, but at the 1868 general election he was defeated by the

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candidate William Shaw.

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* 1812 births 1895 deaths Younger sons of earls People from Bandon, County Cork Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Cork constituencies (1801–1922) Irish Conservative Party MPs UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub